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James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (born 1943)

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James Alan McPherson

American essayist and short-story writer

James Alan McPherson was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who received a MacArthur Fellowship. At the time of his death, McPherson was a…
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July 27

Day of the year

July 27 is the 208th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 157 days remain until the end of the year.
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